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Mad Ogre's brother reports on Abu Ghraib raid
Excerpts from his emails follow. Names blocked out."Yeah, I don't know what the news is saying, but it was no small deal. I was assigned to go with a group of Humvees and drive around, so I pass up a few humvees and finally decide to get into one, get this, *******'s in it! He just convoyed up from Bucca! So me and ******* were driving around together through all the morters and stuff! It was great!" "Well, i guess i can actually wear my combat badge without feeling guilty now. i was up in a tower when the first mortar rounds fell. an ice truck got hit in front of my tower so i grabbed my rifle, shotgun and ammo and ran for the bunker. so i had ALL my ammo which was a good thing cuz the guy i was sharing the bunker with didn't have any. i spent the battle in a bunker covering the north gate. after the firing died down a little i had to us the FN-303 to make sure the detainees didn't riot. they rioted in other compounds, but not mine. it was crazy shit man. don't believe what the news says, the marines killed ALOT of people. i heard CNN say that only one insurgent was killed...bull????. and despite what the news says, no marines were killed. i saw the first mortar hit, and i was there to see the last one. i saw the WHOLE thing, fun stuff. even though ******* is in camp Bucca way in the south, he happened to be up here for convoy duty, so him and ***** where roving together. but the battle really ended when the apaches showed up. after that they were ????ed, they were doomed. there are body parts laying around all over the place outside. so im still doing good and I'm ok. wish you were here! Well, the marines are actually going home in a few days, so they don't need anything. only 3 marines were seriously injured. one will lose an eye. the other two i don't know about." "Yo! I think the news reports are saying that one insurgent died. Not true at all. We only found one body, but that's because they drag their dead away. However, there is a ditch surrounding Abu Ghraib and the Marines that manned the towers said that they were literally mowing fools down. IN the morning everyone saw the ditch, it was filled with body parts. I'm sorry, but you find someone's jaw, I'd count that as a kill, but I'm not the defense department. We'll tell you all about it when we get to Utah. As for now, I'm doing good. Oh, and please thank The Horde for me. the movies and music were all very much appreciated! Adios for now." Posted by: Dar 2005-04-07 |
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